Product Utilization Mgr.

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

6h • Hybrid

About The Position

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Product Utilization Mgr to assist with handling clinical engagement around product usage and spend within the operating room. The schedule is Day shift M-F, with on-site presence once a week at various locations as needed. BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, serving residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois, and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and over 30,000 employees, BJC operates 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations, offering a wide range of services including inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health, workplace health, home health, mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care, and hospice. BJC is a significant provider of charity care and community benefits in Missouri, with an annual contribution of $785.9 million, including $410.6 million in charity care. The organization also supports research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach, and economic development. Patients benefit from access to medical advancements through an affiliation with Washington University School of Medicine. The role's purpose is to drive physician and clinician engagement through relationship building, analytical, and educational efforts to maximize value, specifically through presentations, promotions, and utilization of preferred medical products across the BJC system. This position provides strategic, operational, and tactical support to HSO executives, physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and operational leaders to identify, evaluate, and execute supply opportunities, aligning with the SupplyPlus mission of superior outcomes with better value, in a transparent and collaborative manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree - Business/Healthcare related
• 5-10 years Experience
• 2-5 years Supervisor Experience

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and grow effective relationships with physicians and clinicians within the HSO to engage in the identification, evaluation, pilot and execution processes for ensuring clinical efficacy of product being evaluated while maintaining or reducing total supply costs.
• Engage physicians before, during and after a Clinical Expert Council forum to drive active participation, address analytic questions, provide 'trade off' opportunities, and assist with quantifying savings of utilization changes in physician practice.
• Integrate into existing leadership forums to support and drive the cultural change necessary to achieve supply savings while maintaining superior outcomes
• Ability to apply and implement expertise and advance knowledge in building total solutions by analyzing surgeon utilization patterns to identify new savings opportunities to decrease surgical case cost and quantify achieved savings
• Develop long term strategies for managing vendors locally as it pertains to introduction of new products, pilot opportunities and education, and compliance with vendor policies

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees